MAESTR0 Posted June 9, 2023 Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) Hi In this topic, we will separately talk about lighting. We carefully approached the fact that flights at night would be interesting and tried to create a balance between the complete darkness that was during the war and peacetime, when Paris and London at night were the most beautiful cities in the world. Light is important, it creates atmosphere. When creating airfields, various types of airfield lighting systems were used. Germany and the Allies used different systems. If on the original objects the light emphasizes the beauty and visibility of the building, then in the ports it shows what hard and continuous work goes on when loading goods and equipment. Lighthouses and railway stations are brightly lit and you can navigate them. 1944 - war, so blackout rules were applied on the territory. To accommodate various scenarios, we have made it so that the night lighting is turned on by setting the date in the mission: June 1945 and later. Keep this in mind when creating missions and when creating a free flight. ---- before June 1945 - lights OFF after June 1945 - lights ON ---- We use "dynamic light" that illuminates objects in real time, it gives a little more realism and is just beautiful. The main types of light sources are omni and spotlights with physically correct attenuation. To reduce the load on the GPU, working distances were assigned to each type of light source: -City lights 3-6km -Searchlights on towers 8km -Lighthouse 42km -Lights on the runway 15km -Airfield lights 30km So, if you want to implement a scenario of approaching territories that have not yet introduced a blackout mode or just want to fly over a cozy night city - choose the date "June 1945 and later" and Normandy will light up with lights. We read all your messages and appreciate your comments and ratings. Beauvais-Tille airfield. France Orly airfield. France West Malling Airfield. UK Kenley airfield. UK Port of Dover Port of Le Havre Victoria Station London Paris Gare du Nord City lights in France City lights in UK Edited June 9, 2023 by MAESTR0 9
Beirut Posted June 9, 2023 Posted June 9, 2023 Nice! Thank you. Even on a WWII map, some good night flying eye candy is great to have. Some of the planes, but all of the maps!
NRG-Vampire Posted June 9, 2023 Posted June 9, 2023 Can we find the big USA train (steam engine+wagons) in the game/on the map already ? Would be great as a ME 3D EDM model too with glowing lights at night. TY
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